Lydia Davis simply can't ... and won't; Stripped-down collection all about spare change
Unlike most American writers receiving international prizes, she does tend to focus on very short stories, but they might be better described as succinct, exploding the accreted cliches of literary fiction, until so much of that intricate plotting, deft characterization, etc., seems to be futile mar...
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| Published in | Calgary herald |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Calgary, Alta
Postmedia Network Inc
31.05.2014
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Unlike most American writers receiving international prizes, she does tend to focus on very short stories, but they might be better described as succinct, exploding the accreted cliches of literary fiction, until so much of that intricate plotting, deft characterization, etc., seems to be futile marketing copy. [...]Men demonstrates that, despite Davis's wry restraint, her prose can still trot into flight: "Every now and then, it is true, a man rises in our midst like a pine tree, and looks savagely at us, and sends us hobbling away in great floods to hide in the caves and gullies until he is gone." |
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| ISSN: | 0828-1815 |